Crystal Owens

MIT PhD fellow ('23) in non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, 3D printing, & frugal science tools

[Crystal Owens @megafluidics]

My research has reached heights I never dreamed of. #jeopardy #mit #oreo

[Crystal Owens @megafluidics]

@Murmurs_Madness I hadn't considered the dystopian aspect of our research...good to keep in mind! Though rest assured that the memory decays with time, no better than human memory :)

[Crystal Owens @megafluidics]

In our new paper in PRL, we explore how soft glassy materials "remember" past deformation (i.e., residual stress), and how to measure and predict it.

Paper (only 5 pages long): https://t.co/b5qi6ncllq

MIT News: https://t.co/QExAY2DLj0

[Crystal Owens @megafluidics]

🍦Building with @sundai_club in Boston this Sunday Morning! 🚀 https://t.co/eAYMXd0bHY

[Crystal Owens @megafluidics]

@AIP_Publishing @MITMechE @Oreo

[Crystal Owens @megafluidics]

My research has reached heights I never dreamed of. #jeopardy #mit #oreo

[Crystal Owens @megafluidics]

@RandlesLab I love it, thanks for sharing

[Crystal Owens @megafluidics]

Here was my hand-drawn (and traced) version. Something to compare to.

[Crystal Owens @megafluidics]

Happy valentine's day for all the scientists, from Darwin

"I'm drawn to you with an irresistible selective pressure. In the ecosystem of my heart, you're the keystone species -- you're my ... natural selection."

image courtesy of #chatgpt

#ValentinesDay #naturalselection

[Crystal Owens @megafluidics]

The great solar eclipse is 1 week from now! 🌞 Here's a preview of what you might see through your solar safety glasses. The moon is cookie instead of cheese in this diagram -- close enough, I hope :)

#oreo #SolarEclipse2024

[Crystal Owens @megafluidics]

Do Παπαδόπουλος (Papadopoulos) chocolate biscuits twist open the same way as Oreos?

We observe better split of the filling from the heat here... but overall yes :) #oreology #greece #rheology #cookiesforbreakfast

[Crystal Owens @megafluidics]

Stopping by the Horologion of Andronikos Cyrrhestes, aka the ancient water clock of Athens, with some brilliant fluid mechanics and soft matter researchers... great end to our conference this week #icr2023

[Crystal Owens @megafluidics]

Same, @United diverted my flight yesterday and then canceled the return because of personnel, stranding me, so I'm driving to another airport with people I met on the fateful flight... hope to get to #icr2023 in Athens before my scheduled presentation but it may not be possible.

[Crystal Owens @megafluidics]

Sure ChatGPT is fun for conversation, but can LLMs make something real, like a cabinet? Basically yes. And a quadcopter. Here we lay out the framework to make that happen, from design to manufacture #GPT4 #chatgpt

Proud to be part of this first piece from my postdoc at MIT CSAIL

[MIT CSAIL @MIT_CSAIL]

From text to reality: MIT researchers find new ways to use LLMs to help in design & manufacturing.

These models can convert text prompts to CAD, generate manufacturing instructions, and search for optimal designs: https://t.co/XKCbRMagZ2

[Crystal Owens @megafluidics]

It's a great feeling when we can get experiments, simulation, and visualization together in one paper.

My favorite figure (22): observing the immersion of a Couette cylinder, fractal vane, and 6-arm vane into birefringent media. See a difference? #rheology

[Gareth McKinley @garethmckinley]

3DP Fractal vanes, coupled with rheo-PIV and viscoplastic simulations make rheometry of (almost all) complex fluids possible...but watch out for wall slip! #everythingflows⏳❌☠️
Rheo-PIV of yield-stress fluids in a 3D-printed fractal vane-in-cup geometry https://t.co/eCS9sNLi6r

[Crystal Owens @megafluidics]

One of the best papers I've read in a long time! Read to learn all aspects of fluid mechanics using examples from food. Kudos to the authors for doing making such a thorough and well-illustrated paper.

https://t.co/qhwPfWzjk0

[Crystal Owens @megafluidics]

@colbertlateshow Mr. Stephen Colbert is cordially invited to my PhD defense at MIT on April 19 if he would like to see what else we study here besides #oreos. DM me for details. #OreologyBestOlogy.

[Crystal Owens @megafluidics]

Honored (?) to have my PhD research mentioned on Steven Colbert's show last night, alongside mammoth meatballs and botox's effect on emotions. I think I'm ready to graduate now. (See the clip 2 minutes in <3 ) #oreology

[The Late Show @colbertlateshow]

Meanwhile… mammoth meatballs? #Colbert

[Crystal Owens @megafluidics]

@WyattShieldsIV @nprscience @MITMechE always doing my best with what you taught me!

[Crystal Owens @megafluidics]

Also referenced on MIT news https://t.co/dQVU8edKzY
@garethmckinley

[Crystal Owens @megafluidics]

the front page of @WSJ with the story about my Oreo project (center bottom)😃-- article by @AylinWoodward, research by @MITMechE #oreology

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Take an early look at the front page of The Wall Street Journal https://t.co/ukjCaEgJpH